From: | Stephen Frost <sfrost(at)snowman(dot)net> |
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To: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> |
Cc: | Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>, "Tsunakawa, Takayuki" <tsunakawa(dot)takay(at)jp(dot)fujitsu(dot)com>, Michael Paquier <michael(dot)paquier(at)gmail(dot)com>, "pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org" <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
Subject: | Re: [bug fix] PG10: libpq doesn't connect to alternative hosts when some errors occur |
Date: | 2017-05-17 16:52:52 |
Message-ID: | 20170517165252.GF3151@tamriel.snowman.net |
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Tom, Robert,
* Tom Lane (tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us) wrote:
> Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
> > Yeah, you have a point. I'm willing to admit that we may have defined
> > the behavior of the feature incorrectly, provided that you're willing
> > to admit that you're proposing a definition change, not just a bug
> > fix.
>
> > Anybody else want to weigh in with an opinion here?
>
> I'm not really on board with "try each server until you find one where
> this dbname+username+password combination works". That's just a recipe
> for trouble, especially the password angle.
Agreed.
> I think it's a good point that there are certain server responses that
> we should take as equivalent to "server down", but by the same token
> there are responses that we should not take that way.
Right.
> I suggest that we need to conditionalize the decision based on what
> SQLSTATE is reported. Not sure offhand if it's better to have a whitelist
> of SQLSTATEs that allow failing over to the next server, or a blacklist of
> SQLSTATEs that don't.
No particular comment on this. I do wonder about forward/backwards
compatibility in such lists and if SQLSTATE really covers all
cases/distinctions which are interesting when it comes to making this
decision.
Thanks!
Stephen
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